Hanmer, Wrexham
| Hanmer | |
|---|---|
Wrexham | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WREXHAM |
| Postcode district | LL13 |
| Post town | WHITCHURCH |
| Postcode district | SY13 |
| Dialling code | 01948 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Hanmer is a village and
History
The village of Hanmer lies at the northern end of
At the time of the Norman invasion the area was part of ancient
The oldest recorded reference to a church in Hanmer dates from 1110, though this building was destroyed in 1463 during the Wars of the Roses.[3] It was rebuilt in 1490, destroyed again by fire in 1889 along with many irreplaceable architectural features, and rebuilt between 1892 and 1936, when the chancel was finally reconstructed. It is dedicated to St Chad.
Until the reorganisation of Welsh local government on 1 April 1974, Hanmer was in the detached part of the historic county of Flintshire known as English Maelor. Its local speech was recorded in depth in the Survey of English Dialects; Hanmer was the only site in North Wales to be included in the survey, and so it was grouped together with the sites in Cheshire.
Important buildings
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- Halghton Hall – grade I listed house [7]
- Saint Chad's Church – grade II* listed,[8]as are the churchyard gates and the churchyard cross.
- Bettisfield Park – grade II* listed country house[9]
- Hanmer War Memorial – grade II* listed[10]
- Magpie Cottage – grade II listed[11]
Notable residents
- Dafydd ab Edmwnd (fl. c. 1450–1497), one of the prominent Welsh poets of the later Middle Ages, was born in Hanmer.
- Margaret Hanmer, daughter of Sir David Hanmer, married Owain Glyndŵr c. 1383.
- 2000 Whitbread Biography Award, grew up in Hanmer during the 1940s and 1950s. The book is about her grandfather's tenure as vicar of St Chad's parish church.
- Richard Steele (1629–1692), nonconformist theologian and rector, 1650–1666
- R. S. Thomas (1913–2000), poet, was briefly curate in Hanmer in 1940–1942.[12]
References
- ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "2001 Census: Hanmer". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
- ^ a b Hanmer, Flintshire, GENUKI
- ^ Hanmer, BBC North East Wales]
- ^ Palmer, J. "Open Domesday". University of Hull. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ Hanmer family, Dictionary of Welsh Biography, National Library of Wales
- ^ "Halghton Hall, Hanmer". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ "Church of St Chad, Hanmer". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ "Bettisfield Park, including attached garden walls, Hanmer". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ "Hanmer war memorial, Hanmer". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ "Magpie Cottage, Hanmer". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ Byron Rogers,The Man who went West: The Life of R. S Thomas. (London: Aurum Press, 2006), pp. 120–122.
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